I don't think there are many words to say today.It's still sinking in. I can't believe it.
It took 45 years and much pain and heartache but Dr. King's dream has been fulfilled.
In the 41 years I have lived on this planet, I have never been more proud of our country.
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[ extracts from an article i really liked, today. . .]
“No matter how they cast their ballots, all Americans can be proud of the history that was made yesterday...[President Bush..] They showed a watching world the vitality of American democracy and the strides that have been made toward a more perfect union.”
“The long campaign has now ended,” President Bush added. “We move forward as a nation.”
“Certainly, we have to examine this,” Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, a Texas Republican, said on CNN on Wednesday. “We have to listen to what the people are saying if we’re going to be a forceful voice.”
“I have to share in the pride that Americans have now for the fact America did this,” said Colin Powell, one of the country’s most prominent black leaders.
Mr. Powell added that he believed this was a time for “deep introspection on the part of the Republican Party.”
“They have to take a very realistic look at themselves — we do — I am a Republican, and see where we went wrong, where we aren’t attaching ourselves to the hopes, dreams and ambitions of the American people,” he said.
But even as they celebrated, Mr. Obama’s supporters offered sober reflections of what lay ahead.
“We’re in deep trouble,” Representative John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat and leader in the civil rights movement, on NBC’s “Today” show.
“We’ve got to get our economy out of the ditch, end the war in Iraq and bring our young men and women home, provide health care for all our citizens,” Mr. Lewis said. “And he’s going to call on us, I believe, to sacrifice. We all must give up something.”
The election of Mr. Obama amounted to a national catharsis — a repudiation of a historically unpopular Republican president and his economic and foreign policies, and an embrace of Mr. Obama’s call for a change in the direction and the tone of the country.
But it was also an exorcism of sorts of some of the most divisive episodes of the country’s history with regard to African Americans. It was a moment unthinkable even just two years ago.
Mr. Obama, 47, a first-term senator from Illinois, defeated Mr. McCain of Arizona, 72, a former prisoner of war who was making his second bid for the presidency.
To the very end, Mr. McCain’s campaign was eclipsed by an opponent who was nothing short of a phenomenon, drawing huge crowds epitomized by the tens of thousands of people who turned out to hear Mr. Obama’s victory speech in Grant Park in Chicago.
“If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer,” said Mr. Obama, standing before a huge wooden lectern with a row of American flags at his back, casting his eyes to a crowd that stretched far into the Chicago night.
“It’s been a long time coming,” the president-elect added, “but tonight, because of what we did on this date in this election at this defining moment, change has come to America.”
May God Bless America, and you Mr new President . . who are the peoples' choice and with your new team, their hope for a reality, truth & humanity based, better future. joanne
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